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Shortly after Chernenko's death, on 11 March 1985, , the Politburo unanimously elected Gorbachev as his successor. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] He thus became the eighth leader of the Soviet Union. [ 35 ] Few in the government imagined that he would be as radical a reformer as he proved. [ 36 ]
At the age of 54, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected to the general secretariat by Politburo on 11 March 1985. [29] In May 1985, Gorbachev publicly admitted the slowing down of the economic development and inadequate living standards, being the first Soviet leader to do so while also beginning a series of fundamental reforms.
Gorbachev's maternal grandfather joined the Communist Party and helped form the village's first kolkhoz (collective farm) in 1929, becoming its chair. [14] This farm was 19 kilometres (12 mi) outside Privolnoye village and when he was three years old, Gorbachev left his parental home and moved into the kolkhoz with his maternal grandparents. [15]
The world is remembering the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at the age of 91. CBS News anchors Tanya Rivero and Michael George spoke with Michigan State ...
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A personal assessment of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy [Video] Skip to main content
However, the first and only Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, was elected by the democratically elected Congress of People's Deputies. [9] In connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union national elections for the office of President never took place. To be elected to the office a person must have been a Soviet citizen and older than ...
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